[RESOLVED] Qbittorent-nox Raspberry Pi Download Slow Down
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:26 pm
I've been running qBittorrent-nox successfully for a month on a Raspberry Pi Zero using an old usb to ethernet adapter to download my favorite TV shows. I use Openvpn to connect to Nordvpn and haven't had any problems with that either. Last night my torrents slowed down to about a tenth of the speed I had been getting and I have not made any changes there at all. Just as a point of reference I also have a desktop machine where I run qBittorent and Nordvpn to download other content and am not experiencing any slowdown there at all. That tells me that my router is not the issue, my internet provider is probably not the issue, and Nordvpn is probably not the issue (they allow up to 5 simultaneous sign ons). Just to clarify, I have also paused desktop downloads to see if there is any affect on the Pi downloads. Nope... nada.
I have changed the Pi to point at several different Nordvpn servers which does not resolve the issue so I don't think it is Nordvpn throttling me. After I noticed the problem I tried rebooting the Pi which did not make any difference. I then upgraded Raspbian and the firmware which also made no difference. I have tried running network speed tests from the PI but have not found a reliable way to see what my internet speeds are there (I am running headless so don't have access to graphical tools). I don't see how it could be a qBittorrent but I thought I would start here to see if anyone else has experienced/solved a similar issue.
Is there a possibility of fragmentation on the SD Card and if so would that cause a speed problem? I have deleted old torrents and files using qBittorent's interface. I would think Linux takes care of any fragmentation on the fly but I don't know that for sure. If not, is there a way to address that with some utility? I'm grasping at straws here but again I'm not sure where to start looking.
I have changed the Pi to point at several different Nordvpn servers which does not resolve the issue so I don't think it is Nordvpn throttling me. After I noticed the problem I tried rebooting the Pi which did not make any difference. I then upgraded Raspbian and the firmware which also made no difference. I have tried running network speed tests from the PI but have not found a reliable way to see what my internet speeds are there (I am running headless so don't have access to graphical tools). I don't see how it could be a qBittorrent but I thought I would start here to see if anyone else has experienced/solved a similar issue.
Is there a possibility of fragmentation on the SD Card and if so would that cause a speed problem? I have deleted old torrents and files using qBittorent's interface. I would think Linux takes care of any fragmentation on the fly but I don't know that for sure. If not, is there a way to address that with some utility? I'm grasping at straws here but again I'm not sure where to start looking.